President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday presided over a briefing meeting at President''s House. The meeting took stock of oil and gas situation in the country. The meeting was attended among others by Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Finance Minister, Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for Water & Power, Dr Asim Hussain, Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources, M. Salman Faruqui, Secretary General to the President, and other senior officials.
The president called for early implementation of all projects and plans aimed at meeting the energy requirements of the country and enhancing oil and gas production besides reactivation of abandoned and depleted gas fields. Dr Asim Hussain while briefing the meeting identified key issues faced by oil and gas sector.
He also explained the proposed short (2011-2012) as well as medium (2012-2013) and long term measures 2013-2014 for enhancing oil and gas production in the country and the efforts afoot to recover gas from abandoned and depleted wells. He also briefed the meeting on the progress thus far made on President''s earlier directive for reactivation of abandoned gas fields in the country to improve much needed energy supplies. Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister for Water & Power, gave a briefing on the proposed wind power projects in the country.-PR